Geophysics in Charlton Park

I came across something potentially incredibly interesting today, although I don’t have much to note about it on here. Lyn and I were in Charlton Park as usual. As we were rolling up to the cafe, I noticed a couple of guys working on the lawn behind the house. I’d seen them yesterday too, in front of the house, doing what looked like a geophysical survey – I recognised it from Time Team. Of course, that aroused my curiosity, so today I decided to roll up to them and ask. Sure enough, that’s exactly what they were doing: apparently there was a seventeenth or eighteenth-century road which went through that field, and they were trying to locate it. When I asked whether there would be an archaeological dig, the guy said he didn’t know, at which point I left him to it. Not much to go on I know, but I find that kind of thing fascinating. I wonder where the road came from and went. I really hope I get to watch a real life Time Team-esque dig in our local park soon.

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